I messed up = cloudy eye!!!!

I am sure there are already a lot of threads regarding "cloudy eye" in our aros and it never really happened to any of mine except when I noticed it today. I do water changes weekly (probably 15-20%) and I usually change out the screens in my filters once a month (leaving media intact though because I don't want to lose the BB). Anyway...the last water change I did a little different then normal. I removed water and then simply replaced it with aged water (along with adding anti-chlorine/slim coat). The thing I did different was that I forgot to clean the screens out of my box filter until the next day and I did it the day afterwards (I usually clean the screens out before I swap the water so that when I do the water change any floating debris is pretty much sucked out with the old water). This case was different. When I swapped out the screens a big cloud of "gunk" came out of the box filter and into the tank. I didn't want to change the water again as I just changed it the day before. Anyway I left it as it was assuming that my box filter and the rest of my filters would take care of it (running a penguin overhead and two fluval 404's), Within two hours the tank water was crystal clear again (lots of filteration) and I left it at that.

Anyway this morning I noticed that both of my aro's eyes were cloudy!!!! What should I do? Should I do another wc (adding salt/melaflex)? I was thinking that perhaps the previous wc somehow caused chlornine burn, but I had the water aged almost 4 days so it can't be that, right?

I did some preliminary checks and I noticed that the ph was kind of lower then before (was 7.1 now it is something like a 6.6). Could this be ph shock related???? Every other parameter was fine.

Thanks for any information.

180 gallon tank, penguin overhead, 2 fluval 404 cannister filters, lots of aeration.....

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Originally Posted by PhilB

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Bro aged water does not mean no chlorine. They don't just disappear. They'll be there for about a month. I guess yours is mostly due bad water conditions. Just add salt and heaterwill do. Maintain water conditions. You should add anti chlorine during aging process and also before ya add in the aged water to ya fishtank also add some anitchlorine too.


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[Aroboy II]

Aged water must also add water conditioners such as anti-chloramine.
Do small quantity but regular water changes.

Originally Posted by Aroboy II

Aged water must also add water conditioners such as anti-chloramine.
Do small quantity but regular water changes.

Sorry I didn't mention this. I age the water with antichlorine and an airstone (this was done for 4 days)...I am thinking that the sediment boom from the box filter might have polluted my tank (even though the filters polished the water afterwards). What do you guys think?

Originally Posted by PhilB

Sorry I didn't mention this. I age the water with antichlorine and an airstone (this was done for 4 days)...I am thinking that the sediment boom from the box filter might have polluted my tank (even though the filters polished the water afterwards). What do you guys think?

PhilB just wanna share something with you. The last time i aged my water with antichlorine add for 4 days after that when i did WC guess what? My ARO had access slime = well it means that there are still chlorine in it. Bummer!!!

So now i add another portion of antichlorine to tank first then add i aged water.

Ya it could be that you have messed up ya filtration. Causing the water to be unstable. Now all you have to do is wait. Just don't add anything, anyhow to any amount.

Originally Posted by WaterMonkey

PhilB just wanna share something with you. The last time i aged my water with antichlorine add for 4 days after that when i did WC guess what? My ARO had access slime = well it means that there are still chlorine in it. Bummer!!!

So now i add another portion of antichlorine to tank first then add i aged water.

Ya it could be that you have messed up ya filtration. Causing the water to be unstable. Now all you have to do is wait. Just don't add anything, anyhow to any amount.

Thanks for all the information you have given. I am going to wait it out and see if the arow's eyes clear up. If it worsens I will do a wc after tomorrow. I don't think it would hurt especially if the water I have waiting right now is being aged and have already added antichlorine to it. I will add the antichlorine to the tank as well before the aged water is put back in.